Security update for OpenOffice_org

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(Last modified: 25JUN2007)

solutions Security update for OpenOffice_org SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (d79c3af9a7a1e5ce0c949b94c3420e14)

Applies to

Package: OpenOffice_org
OpenOffice_org-kde
OpenOffice_org-gnome
OpenOffice_org-mono
OpenOffice_org-cs
OpenOffice_org-de
OpenOffice_org-en
OpenOffice_org-fr
OpenOffice_org-it
OpenOffice_org-nl
OpenOffice_org-ar
OpenOffice_org-ca
OpenOffice_org-da
OpenOffice_org-el
OpenOffice_org-es
OpenOffice_org-et
OpenOffice_org-fi
OpenOffice_org-hu
OpenOffice_org-ja
OpenOffice_org-ko
OpenOffice_org-pl
OpenOffice_org-pt
OpenOffice_org-pt-BR
OpenOffice_org-ru
OpenOffice_org-sk
OpenOffice_org-sl
OpenOffice_org-sv
OpenOffice_org-tr
OpenOffice_org-zh-CN
OpenOffice_org-zh-TW
Product(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for x86
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for X86-64
Zypp-Patch-Number: 3761
Release: 20070625
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everyone using OpenOffice should update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

This update of OpenOffice_org fixes a heap-overflow in the RTF parser and
additional non-security bugs. (CVE-2007-0245)

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Fvh OpenOffice_org.rpm OpenOffice_org-kde.rpm OpenOffice_org-gnome.rpm OpenOffice_org-mono.rpm OpenOffice_org-cs.rpm OpenOffice_org-de.rpm OpenOffice_org-en.rpm OpenOffice_org-fr.rpm OpenOffice_org-it.rpm OpenOffice_org-nl.rpm OpenOffice_org-ar.rpm OpenOffice_org-ca.rpm OpenOffice_org-da.rpm OpenOffice_org-el.rpm OpenOffice_org-es.rpm OpenOffice_org-et.rpm OpenOffice_org-fi.rpm OpenOffice_org-hu.rpm OpenOffice_org-ja.rpm OpenOffice_org-ko.rpm OpenOffice_org-pl.rpm OpenOffice_org-pt.rpm OpenOffice_org-pt-BR.rpm OpenOffice_org-ru.rpm OpenOffice_org-sk.rpm OpenOffice_org-sl.rpm OpenOffice_org-sv.rpm OpenOffice_org-tr.rpm OpenOffice_org-zh-CN.rpm OpenOffice_org-zh-TW.rpm

links to download packages

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